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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Investing in China Today.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Investing in China Today.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 2 of 2)

Steve Blank

For example, we can cruise offshore of potential adversaries (Iraq and Syria) who can’t get to our carriers. The Navy needs a portfolio of Horizon 3 bets , for the same reason venture capital and large companies have a portfolio of Horizon 3 bets – most of these bets will fail – but the ones that succeed are game changers.

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The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy (part 1)

Steve Blank

but became much less so in the last decade when the bottom-line drove industries offshore. government’s role in setting investment policy, venture capital has set the direction for what new industries attract capital. This approach was successful when U.S. industry was aligned with manufacturing in the U.S.,

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Startup America – Dead On Arrival

Steve Blank

It should address not only the creation of new jobs, but also the continued hemorrhaging of jobs and entire strategic industries offshore. As they can’t provide the scale to attract venture capital, they fund their businesses via friends/family or small business loans. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. For consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. And for consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers.

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